"As long as school spirit
"As long as school spirit and the semi-inherent rivalries that come with it is not kept out of hand, it provides a release for the student body, providing them with a release, something fun to occupy their minds and something to direct their inherent human anger at. Without such a release, anger without an available release can build up and have drastic consequences. I doubt the murderers at Columbine had much school spirit." --Colin
Colin, is this implying that the Columbine incident was a result of a lack of school rivalries? Are you also suggesting that students should concern themselves with this "something fun" as a means for distracting themselves from their own anger? Your statement that being so distracted that one directs their "inherent human anger" at at the rivalry implies that people should not only direct anger at other schools, but that they should use this as a means to "occupy their minds". Forgive me, but this seems like the sort of "bread and circus"/"1984 prole control"/mass subjugation (albeit on a rather limited level; I don't mean to exaggerate). Unfortunately, you're probably right. It is probably better that people have a little illusion so they don't have to wrangle with reality. After all, reality ain't pretty.
Okay, the Columbine thing was a purposeful exaggeration. I was trying to use such a non-debatable topic, like that school violence is bad, to prove my point. I should have known better with a kid like you, though, as you apparently hold nothing sacred, not even human life, as you question even school shooting prevention. You are a miserable human being.
(Please take note of the liberal use of sarcasm in the second half of this comment)